DELIVERANCE

rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving

(noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger; “work is the deliverance of mankind”; “a surgeon’s job is the saving of lives”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

deliverance (countable and uncountable, plural deliverances)

Act of delivering or conveying something.

Delivery in childbirth.

Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.

Synonyms

• (act of delivering, something delivered): delivery

Source: Wiktionary

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De*liv"er*ance, n. Etym: [F. délivrance, fr. délivrer.]

1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18. One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden.

2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] Shak.

3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] Shak.

Note: In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used.

4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak.

5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]

6. (Metaph.)

Definition: Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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